Comment & Opinion

Here’s the truth folks — ‘Jimothy’ is disabled
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
By MARCIE SCHELLHAMMER 
Jul 31, 2026
"Jimothy" the raccoon has caught America's attention like a nude beach by a frat house. People cannot get enough. Art festivals have been held. T-shir...
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Fauci-Paul clash obscures bigger question
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
Jul 31, 2026
The Rand Paul-Anthony Fauci show returned to Capitol Hill on Wednesday. The ensuing fireworks detracted from legitimate questions about the government...
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Waste of the Day: Housing funds used for ATV gear
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
Jul 30, 2026
The former executive director of a federally-funded housing authority in North Carolina recently pleaded guilty to conspiring to commit theft of a fed...
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Pentagon’s hidden housing scandal
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
By JAY ROGERS RealClearDefense  
Jul 30, 2026
Sen. Jon Ossoff released a report on July 8 documenting lead exposure in a newborn, mold-related emergency room visits, and a cockroach infestation li...
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Trump still playing reality-TV role
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By JACKIE CALMES Los Angeles Times 
Jul 30, 2026
WASHINGTON (TNS) — For 14 seasons right up to his first run for president, Donald Trump was the star of his own reality shows, "The Apprentice" and th...
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Expect more data center moratoriums — and slower growth
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
By ALLISON SCHRAGER Bloomberg Opinion 
Jul 29, 2026
NEW YORK (TNS) — If you are an AI doomer, as a majority of Americans are, then you might find New York’s one-year moratorium on new data centers reass...
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The case for making your life harder
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
By ABBY McCLOSKEY Bloomberg Opinion 
Jul 28, 2026
The case for making your life harder By ABBY McCLOSKEY Bloomberg Opinion LONDON (TNS) — One reason we tend to lose cognitive abilities as we get older...
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Sports gambling danger is everywhere
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
Jul 27, 2026
Gambling scandals in sports used to be rare and devastating. In baseball, eight members of the 1919 Chicago White Sox were banned for life after they ...
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Hello? Is anybody home?
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
Jul 27, 2026
Democrats attacked Elon Musk’s DOGE initiative with unusual vigor, but who can doubt that a federal behemoth which spends $7 trillion annually has amp...
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How to fix Social Security, in six words
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
By KATHRYN ANNE EDWARDS Bloomberg Opinion 
Jul 27, 2026
WASHINGTON (TNS) — The annual report of the Social Security board of trustees, issued last month, has prompted Congress to return to one of its favori...
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The end of springing forward?
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
Jul 24, 2026
Will the nation’s biannual ritual of moving the clock backward and forward an hour soon be a thing of the past? Perhaps, but it’s no sure thing. The H...
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Waste of the Day: Education fraud across the nation
Comment & Opinion, Opinion
Jul 24, 2026
Since 2019, school districts across 24 states and Puerto Rico have lost $225 million to fraud confirmed by the U.S. Department of Education inspector ...
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